Activities of Franc BOGOVIČ related to 2022/0196(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Sustainable use of plant protection products (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115
Amendments (472)
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
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The Committee on [Agriculture and Rural Development] calls on the Committee on [the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety], as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the [The sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115].
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATIONDIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The treaty requires that the Common Agricultural POlicy objectives shall increase agricultural productivity by promoting technical progress and by ensuring the rational development of agricultural production and the optimal utilisation of the factors of production, to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, to stabilise markets, to assure the availability of supplies and to ensure that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council37established a framework to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides by reducing the risks and impacts of the use of pesticides on human health and the environment. The evaluation38of that Directive found that it has not achieved its overall objectives and that the Member States did not implement it in a satisfactory manner. This conclusion was confirmed in reports from the Commission to the European Parliament and Council in 201739and 202040. The precautionary principle is set out in Article 191 of the Treaty, acknowledging that is already taken into account in of the authorisation procedure. _________________ 37 Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71). 38 [Reference to be inserted.] 39 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on Member State National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides COM(2017)587 final. 40 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the experience gained by Member States on the implementation of national targets established in their National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides COM(2020) 204 final.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Parliament resolution of 12 February 2019 on the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides41noted that the Union must act without delayto transition to a more sustainable use of pesticides and called on the Commission to propose an ambitious Union-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use. The European Parliament re-affirmed its call for binding reduction targets in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system42. However, the European Parliament in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system avoided setting a numerical Union-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use. The European Parliament also called on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide binding target, ensure a level playing field, as well as how it will clarify the baselines for these reduction targets, taking into account the different starting points, efforts undertaken and characteristics of each Member State. _________________ 41 P8_TA(2019)0082, 12 February 2019. 42 P9_TA(2021)0425, 20 October 2021.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The European Parliament stressed the need for an impact assessment, the need to ensure food secuty, etc, in its resolution of 16 February 2023 on the Commssion communication on ensuring availability and affordability of fertilisers as global food security and food prices are threaten by the current geopolitical situation.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Commission Communication entitled ‘the European Green Deal’47set out a roadmap of key measures, including legislative, to significantly reduce the use and risk of chemical pesticides. In the Farm to Fork Strategy48, EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203049and the Zero Pollution Action Plan50, the Commission committed to take action to reduce by 50% the overall use and risk from chemical pesticides by 2030 and reduce by 50% the use of more hazardous pesticides (plant protection products containing one or more active substances approved as candidates for substitution in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council51and listed in Part E of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/201152, or containing one or more active substances listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/40853) by 2030. The sustainable use of plant protection products is also complementary to the promotion of organic farming and achieving the Farm to Fork Strategy target of at least 25% of the Union’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030. It supports the objectives of the EU strategic framework on health and safety at work54and thereby contributes to the implementation of principle 10 of the European Pillar of Social Rights on a healthy, safe and well-adapted work environment. As plant breeding and seed production contribute to the overall reduction targets, through the marketing of resistant varieties and the supply of healthy seeds to the market, the above mentioned activities are exempt from the overall reduction targets. _________________ 47 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions The European Green Deal COM/2019/640 final. 48 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system, COM/2020/381 final. 49 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 Bringing nature back into our lives, COM/2020/380 final. 50 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil', COM(2021) 400 final. 51 Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1). 52 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances (OJ L 153, 11.6.2011, p. 1). 53 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 of 11 March 2015 on implementing Article 80(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and establishing a list of candidates for substitution (OJ L 67, 12.3.2015, p. 18). 54 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027 Occupational safety and health in a changing world of work, COM/2021/323 final.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) (8 a) In their latest advice about the ECI “Save bees and farmers”, the EESC points out that many legislative acts are being prepared or have already been adopted by the Commission in favour of bees, pollinators, biodiversity, the sustainable use of pesticides, and support for farmers in the agro-ecological transition. It recognises, however, that these measures have not fully achieved their objectives. It therefore calls on the Commission to take additional measures to achieve its ambitious objectives more effectively in practice. For example, it recommends stronger support for precision agriculture, digital agriculture, biological control, and robotics, as well as agro-ecology. The EESC stresses the need to take into account all three pillars of sustainability (environmental, social and economic), without neglecting the economic situation, which is often overlooked, in an essential context of systemic sustainability and food sovereignty The EESC also calls on the Commission to carry out impact assessments before taking any decision, in order to assess, in particular, the costs of the initiative for agricultural production and the economy, compared to the financial cost of biodiversity loss for farmers.
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Biological control agents are a sustainable control alternative to the use of chemical productsis one example of alternative to the use of synthetic, inorganic or industrial products, to combine with other solutions like regenerative agriculture practices, New Genomic Techniques, innovative agricultural equipment, etc. for the control of harmful organisms. As noted in Council Decision (EU) 2021/110257 , biological control agents have a growing importance in sustainable agriculture and forestry and have an instrumental role to play in the success of integrated pest management and both organic, high-technological and conventional farming. Access to biological controls would facilitates moving away from chemicalommonly-used plant protection products and apply them as a last resort following the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) principles, including reduced use through precision farming techniques. It is appropriate to encourage farmers to switch to low input agricultural methods including organic farming. It is therefore appropriate to define the concept of biological control as a basis for Member States to set indicative targets to increase the percentage of crops on which biological control agents are used. _________________ 57 Council Decision (EU) 2021/1102 of 28 June 2021 requesting the Commission to submit a study on the Union’s situation and options regarding the introduction, evaluation, production, marketing and use of invertebrate biological control agents within the territory of the Union and a proposal, if appropriate in view of the outcomes of the study (OJ L 238, 6.7.2021, p. 81)The Commission shall consider proposing an administratively slim, fast, efective and efficient framework to facilitate placing on the market of biological control products.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy is to make substantial progress in the reduction of the use of chemical plant protection products in an economically viable way. In order to achieve that aim, it is necessary to set quantified targets at Union and Member State levels for the reduction in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and the use of more hazardous plant protection products to monitor progress. National targets should be established by national law in order to ensure adequate progress and accountability in relation to them. These bindingMember States should contribute to approach the EU target, in line with each Member state’s contribution to the EU average of use of chemical plant protection products. These national targets should also be achieved by Member States by 20340. The reduction in the use of chemical plant protection products is expected to significantly reduce occupational safety and health risks for professional users.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Since the European Commission presented the Green Deal, including the Farm to Fork Strategy in May 2020, numerous impact assessments have been conducted in order to measure the impact of the Commission proposals on European agriculture and food security in the Union. One of these studies, conducted by Wageningen University and Research, found that the proposed targets could lead to an average production decline of up to 20%. Agricultural production standards and food production standards in the EU are higher than outside EU. Therefore food not produced in the EU will be produced elsewhere in a less ecofriendly way. Also decrease in the agricultural production in the EU will lead to higher imports from 3rd countries, lower export and therefore potential pressure on food shortages. Because of the strong regulation among others regarding the pesticides, only import from countries with same level of regulation shall be allowed, with exception of transit of commodities through the EU territory.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) The Parliament notes that although the Commission conducted and published an impact assessment alongside the Proposal for a Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides in June 2022, the Commission’s impact assessment only took into account the possible policy options considered by the Commission during the review phase, and therefore did not include any analysis of the impact of a complete ban of pesticides on sensitive areas. Furthermore, while the impact assessment acknowledges that pesticide reduction targets would lead to “an overall reduction in yield” and is expected to “induce production price increases,” it does not offer any quantifiable figures to how much yields are expected to decrease, for which crops, or in which regions of Europe.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) (13) Given the different levels of historical progress and differences in intensity of pesticide use between Member States, it is necessary to allow Member States some flexibilityadaptation to farm realities in their National Strategic Plans when setting their own binguiding national targetreduction ambitions (“national 2030 reduction targets”). Intensity of use isand risk should best measured by dividing the total quantity of active substances placedthrough a scientifically justified formula, taking into account the particular conditions onf the mfarket, and therefore used, in the form of plant protems (e.g., technical and mechanical solutions to reduce risk should be taken into account; for closed farming systems, the impacti on products in a particular Member State by the surface area over which the active substances were appliedthe environment is much lower and not related to sales, etc) and the Member States (e.g., geography, climate, production methods, IPM measures applied jointly with the possible use of synthetic pesticides when needed) and developing comparable usage indicators that would not rely on adaptation of sales data but on usage per unit of harvested product. Intensity in the use of csynthemtical and/or hazardous pesticides, a may depend ion particular of the more hazardous pesticides, correlates with greater dependency on chemical pesticides, greater risks to human health and the environment and less sustainable farming practicthe availability of alternatives products, practices and tools that can be used instead. Availability of viable alternatives allows farmers to use synthetic pesticides as a last recourse following IPM principles. It is therefore appropriate to allow Member States to take their lower intensity of use of cconsider both the availability in the market of synthemtical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 2030 reduction targets. It is also appropriate to require them to take their higher intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in sett, biological controls and non-synthetic tools for plant protection, including regenerative agriculture practices and accessibility and uptake of digital and precision farming techniques, when designing their national 2030 reduction targets. In addition, in order to give recognition to past efforts by Member States, they should also be allowed to take into account historical progress prior to the adoption of the Farm to Fork Strategy when setting national 2030 reduction targets. Conversely, where Member States have increased, or made only limited reductions in, their use and risk of csynthemtical plant protection products, they should now make a greater contribution to the achievement of the Union 2030 reduction targets, while also taking account of their intensity and risk of pesticide use. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets and an adequate level of ambition, minimum limits should be laid down for national 2030 reduction targets. TMember States territories, including the EU’s outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, are located in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Due to permanent constraints such as their remoteness to the European continent, insularity and high expo, should be allowed to take into account the specific needs of their different regions as regards the use of plant protection products and measures to climate change, it is appropriate to allow Member States to take into account the specific needs of these regions as regards the use of plant protection products and measures tailored to specific climatic conditions and cropailored to specific climatic conditions and crops. In some particular regions, tailored- measures should be further developed to cope with problems derived from remoteness, insularity and/or high exposure to climate change. This should allow a case-by-case decision-making process regarding the level of pesticide reduction targets in both EU continental and outermost regions. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets, where a Member State reaches the level of its 2030 national reduction target before 2030, it should not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts, but it should closely monitor annual fluctuations in the use and risk of csynthemtical plant protection products and in the use of more hazardous plant protection products to ensure progress towards meeting the respective 2030 national reduction target. In the interests of transparency, Member State responses to any Commission recommendations in relation to the level of ambition of national targets and the annual progress made towards them should be publicly accessible.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Given the different levels of historical progress and substantial differences in intensity of pesticide use and availability of active substances between Member States, it is necessary to allow Member States some flexibility when setting their own binding national targets (“national 20340 reduction targets”). Intensity of use is best measured by dividing the total quantity of active substances placed on the market, and therefore used, in the form of plant protection products in a particular Member State by the surface area over which the active substances were applied. Intensity in the use of chemical pesticides, and in particular of the more hazardous pesticides, correlates with greater dependency on chemical pesticides, greater risks to human health and the environment and less sustainable farming practices. It is therefore appropriate to allow Member States to take their lower intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 20340 reduction targets. It is also appropriate to require them to take their higher intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 20340 reduction targets. In addition, in order to give recognition to past efforts by Member States, they should also be allowed to take into account historical progress prior to the adoption of the Farm to Fork Strategy when setting national 20340 reduction targets. Conversely, where Member States have increased, or made only limited reductions in, their use and risk of chemical plant protection products, they should now make a greater contribution to the achievement of the Union 20340 reduction targets, while also taking account of their intensity of pesticide use. In addition, Member state’s contribution to the EU average of use of chemical plant protection products should be taken into account when setting national 2040 reduction targets. Where Member States contribute more to the EU average of plant protection products use, they should also make a greater contribution to the achievement of the Union 2040 reduction targets. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets and an adequate level of ambition, minimum limits should be laid down for national 20340 reduction targets. The EU’s outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, are located in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Due to permanent constraints such as their remoteness to the European continent, insularity and high exposure to climate change, it is appropriate to allow Member States to take into account the specific needs of these regions as regards the use of plant protection products and measures tailored to specific climatic conditions and crops. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets, where a Member State reaches the level of its 20340 national reduction target before 20340, it should not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts, but it should closely monitor annual fluctuations in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and in the use of more hazardous plant protection products to ensure progress towards meeting the respective 20340 national reduction target. In the interests of transparency, Member State responses to any Commission recommendations in relation to the level of ambition of national targets and the annual progress made towards them should be publicly accessible.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Member States should draft and publish national action plans. In order for the Member State national action plans to be effective, they should contain quantitative objectives, references to binding national 2030 reduction targets as set out in national law, together with related indicative targets set out in the national action plans, measures, timetables and indicators to reduce risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment. This will allow for a structured approach to the setting of quantitative objectives and targets, with a clear link to the national 20340 reduction targets. In order to monitor compliance with the provisions of this Regulation, Member States should also be required to report annually on targets and precise quantitative data relating to compliance with provisions on use, training, application equipment and integrated pest management.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
Amendment 203 #
(15) In order to achieve the Union-wide reduction targets (‘Union 20340 reduction targets’) as well as national 20340 reduction targets, it is necessary to increase the availability and use of effective and affordable biological control and other non-chemical alternatives. Availability of these effective and affordable alternatives will incentivise the adoption of low pesticide- input pest management practices such as organic and agroecological farming.
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) For the sake of transparency and in order to encourage greater progress, it is necessary to measure the progress made by Member States in relation to the achievement of the national 20340 reduction targets and other national indicative reduction targets. This should be done on an annual basis by means of annual progress and implementation reports. In order to monitor the level of compliance with this Regulation in a streamlined, easily comparable manner, Member States should also include quantitative data in relation to the implementation of this Regulation as regards use, training, application equipment and integrated pest management. In order for the Commission to encourage progress towards achieving national 20340 reduction targets and other national indicative reduction targets, including any measures in support of such achievement, the Commission should analyse such progress and measures every 2 years.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) An approach to pest control that follows integrated pest management in ensuring careful consideration of all available means that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while keeping the use of chemical plant protection products to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and minimising risks to human health and the environment is necessary for the protection of human health and the environment. ‘Integrated pest management’ emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems, encourages natural pest control mechanisms and uses chemical control only when all other control means are exhausted. To ensure that integrated pest management is implemented consistently on the ground, it is necessary to lay down clear rules in this Regulation. In order to comply with the obligation to follow integrated pest management, a professional user should consider and implement all methods and practices that avoid the use of plant protection products. Chemical plant protection products should only be used when all other control means have been exhausted. In order to ensure and monitor compliance with this requirement, it is important that professional users keep a record of the reasons why they apply plant protection products or the reasons for any other action taken in line with integrated pest management and of advice received in support of their implementation of integrated pest management from independent advisors. These records are also required for aerial applications as much as possible.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) An approach to pest control that follows integrated pest management in ensuring careful consideration of all available means that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while keeping the use of chemical plant protection products to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and minimising risks to human health and the environment is necessary for the protection of human health and the environment. ‘Integrated pest management’ emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems, encourages natural pest control mechanisms and uses chemical control only when there are no viable alternatives or all other control means are exhausted. To ensure that integrated pest management is implemented consistently on the ground, it is necessary to lay down clear rules in this Regulation. In order to comply with the obligation to follow integrated pest management, a professional user should consider and implement all methods and practices that avoid the use of plant protection products. Chemical pPlant protection products should only be used when all other control means have been exhausted or there is a risk of a significant loss of yield or quality. In order to ensure and monitor compliance with this requirement, it is important that professional users keep a record of the reasons why they apply plant protection products or the reasons for any other action taken in line with integrated pest management and of advice received in support of their implementation of integrated pest management from independent advisors. These records are also required for aerial applications.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) In order not to burden small farms with additional sustainability requirements already set in the National CAP Strategic Plans, integrated pest management shall be mandatory only for professional users, whose size of agricultural holdings is above the average size of the agricultural holding in the Member State. Member States should also be allowed to put additional minimum thresholds for the mandatory application of integrated pest management with setting the minimum thresholds of hectares of arable land and land under permanent crops per crop type.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to facilitate compliance with integrated pest management, it is necessary to lay down crop-specific rules that a professional user must follow in relation to the specific crop and region in which the professional user operates. Such rules should convert the requirements of integrated pest management into verifiable criteria that apply to the specific crop. To ensure that the crop-specific rules are in accordance with the requirements of integrated pest management, detailed rules should be laid down as to what they should contain and the Commission should verify their development, implementation and enforcement on the ground. In this regard the European Parliament welcomes the publication of a database of examples of practices, techniques and technologies across eight established Integrated Pest Management principles, including 273 crop specific guidelines by the European Commission on 28 February 2023. Taking into account the amount of examples indicated in the database, the Parliament underlines the importance of maintaining flexibility in the implementation of Integrated Pest Management across the various Member States, regions and crops grown in the European Union.
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) UImproper use of plant protection products may have particularly negative impacts in certain areas that are frequently used by the general public or by vulnerable groups, communities in which people live and work and ecologically sensitive areas, such as Natura 2000 sites protected in accordance with Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council67and Council Directive 92/43/EEC68. How sensitive areas are to be defined remains the competence of Member States as this should be done at case by case basisconsidering the particular agronomic and climatic conditions of their territory. If plant protection products are used in areas used by the general public, the possibility of exposure of humans to such plant protection products is high. In order to protect human health and the environment, the use of plant protection products in sensitive areas and within 3 metres of such areas, should therefore be prohibited. Derogations from the prohibition should only be allowed under certain conditions and on a case-by-case basis. _________________ 67 Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliaor 1 meter when efficient drift control nozzles are used, should therefore be prohibited. If a physical buffer zone is already present, no addition buffer zones are needed. Exemptions and derogations from the prohibition should be foreseen for cases where the use of PPPs contributes to the achievement and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7). 68 Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7)overall objectives of this Regulation, e.g. the use of PPPs in plant breeding and seed production to assure the supply of healthy commercial seed for farmers and growers compliant with EU Regulation 2016/2031 and specific standards laid down in the EU seed marketing legislation.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Use of plant protection products may have particularly negative impacts in certain areas that are frequently used by the general public or by vulnerable groups, communities in which people live and work and ecologically sensitive areas, such as Natura 2000 sites protected in accordance with Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council67and Council Directive 92/43/EEC68. If plant protection products are used in areas used by the general public, the possibility of exposure of humans to such plant protection products is high. In order to protect human health and the environment, the use of plant protection products in sensitive areas and within 3 metres of such areas, should therefore be prohibited. Derogations from the prohibition should onlybe allowed under certain conditions and on a case-by-case basibe allowed under certain conditions, defined by this Regulation and the Member States. _________________ 67 Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7). 68 Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7).
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation
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– The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Statistical data on plant protection products collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council74should be used in calculating these harmonised risk indicators based on real use of pesticidesand progress towards achieving binguidingUnion and national targets based on the Farm to Fork Strategy. Given that pesticide use fluctuates between years depending, in particular, on the weather, a three year baseline period is appropriate to take account of such fluctuationt least a ten year timespan should be considered to see the real usage trends in use of pesticides. The baseline period for the calculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 is 2011–2013, as this was the first three year period for which data was received by the Commission under Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 and coincides with the entry into force of Directive 2009/128/EC. The baseline period for the calculation of progress towards the Union 2030 reduction targets is 2015–, therefore, 2011 – 20173, as this was the three most recent years for which data was available at the time of the announcement of the Farm to Fork Strategyin order to fully reflect and respect the achievements already made by European farmers. The baseline period for the calculation of a new harmonised risk indicator 2a is 2022–2024, as this will be the first three year period for which data on the areas treated under each authorisation for an emergency situation in plant protection will be available. _________________ 74 Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1).
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Statistical data on plant protection products collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council74should be used in calculating these harmonised risk indicators and progress towards achieving bindingUnion and nationalUnion targetsbased on the Farm to Fork Strategy. Given that pesticide use fluctuates between years depending, in particular, on the weather, a three year baseline period is appropriate to take account of such fluctuations. The baseline period for the calculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 is 2011–2013, as this was the first three year period for which data was received by the Commission under Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 and coincides with the entry into force of Directive 2009/128/EC. The baseline period for the calculation of progress towards the 2040Union 2030reduction targets is 2015–2017, as this was the three most recent years for which data was available at the time of the announcement of the Farm to Fork Strategy. The baseline period for the calculation of a new harmonised risk indicator 2a is 2022–2024, as this will be the first three year period for which data on the areas treated under each authorisation for an emergency situation in plant protection will be available. _________________ 74 Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1).
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATIONDIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 The word "Regulation" should be replaced throughout the whole text with the word "directive".
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) For the moment, the only robust statistical data available at Union level relating to the marketing and use of plant protection products are the statistics on the quantities of active substances in plant protection products placed on the market, and the data on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plantThe EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 recognises the need for urgent action to protect biodiversity. There is evidence of a widespread reduction of species, in particular insects and pollinators, in the Union. Biodiversity loss is, amongst other factors such as decrease in livestock proteduction granted under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Those statistics are used inor a deviation from the principles of the calirculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 under Directive 2009/128/EC and in calculating progress towards the binding Union 2030 reduction targets and national 2030 reduction targets bar economy, driven by the incorrect or redundant use of plant protection products. It is therefore essential to ensure that plant protection products are used oin the Farm to Fork Strategy. The new harmonised risk indicator 2a will be calculated using statistics on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection, the properties of the active substances in plant protection products subject to these authorisations, and the areas treated under these authorisations to better such a way as to mitigate the risk of harmful effects of such products on wildlife, through a number of measures including training, inspection of application equipment in professional use and protection of the aquantify the risks arising from authorisations for emergency situations in plant protectionc environment and sensitive areas.
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) For the moment, the only robust statistical data available at Union level relating to the marketing and use of plant protection products are the statistics on the quantities of active substances in plant protection products placed on the market, and the data on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection granted under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Those statistics are used in the calculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 under Directive 2009/128/EC and in calculating progress towards the binding Union 2030 reduction targets and national 203Union 2040 reduction targets based on the Farm to Fork Strategy. The new harmonised risk indicator 2a will be calculated using statistics on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection, the properties of the active substances in plant protection products subject to these authorisations, and the areas treated under these authorisations to better quantify the risks arising from authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection.
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) For reasons of transparency, and to ensure uniform implementation by all Member States, the methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union and two national 20340 reduction targets and the methodology for the calculation of harmonised risk indicators at Union and national level should be set out in an Annex to this Regulation.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union sets out the clear objective that supplies should be secured and that food should be available to consumers at reasonable prices.
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council37 established a framework to achieve a sustainable use of pesticidelant protection products by reducing the risks and impacts of the use of pesticidelant protection products on human health and the environment. The evaluation38 of that Directive found that it has not achieved its overall objectives and that the Member States did not implement it in a satisfactory manner. This conclusion was confirmed in reports from the Commission to the European Parliament and Council in 201739 and 202040 . (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) __________________ 37 Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71). 38 [Reference to be inserted.] 39 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on Member State National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides COM(2017)587 final. 40 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the experience gained by Member States on the implementation of national targets established in their National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides COM(2020) 204 final.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council37 established a framework to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides by reducing the risks and impacts of the use of pesticides on human health and the environment. The evaluation38 of that Directive found that it has not achieved its overall objectives and that the Member States did not implement it in a satisfactory manner. This conclusion was confirmed in reports from the Commission to the European Parliament and Council in 201739 and 202040 . __________________ 37 Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71). 38 [Reference to be inserted.] 39 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on Member State National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides COM(2017)587 final. 40 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the experience gained by Member States on the implementation of national targets established in their National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides COM(2020) 204 final.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In order to enforce the obligations set out in this Regulation, Member States shouldmay lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and ensure that those rules are enforced. The penalties should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. It is also important to provide for Member States to recover costs related to carrying out obligations under this Regulation by means of fees or charges in order to ensure that adequate financial resources are available to competent authorities.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Parliament resolution of 12 February 2019 on the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides41 noted that the Union must act without delay to transition to a more sustainable use of pesticides and called on the Commission to propose an ambitious Union-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use. The European Parliament re-affirmed its call for binding reduction targets in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system42 . . However, the European Parliament in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system avoided setting a numerical Union-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use. The European Parliament also called on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide binding target, ensure a level playing field, as well as how it will clarify the baselines for these reduction targets, taking into account the different starting points, efforts undertaken and characteristics of each Member State. __________________ 41 P8_TA(2019)0082, 12 February 2019. 42 P9_TA(2021)0425, 20 October 2021.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Parliament resolution of 12 February 2019 on the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides41 noted that the Union must act without delay to transition to a more sustainable use of pesticides and called on the Commission to propose an ambitious Union-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use. The European Parliament re-affirmed its call for binding reduction targets in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system42 . __________________ 41 P8_TA(2019)0082, 12 February 2019. 42 P9_TA(2021)0425, 20 October 2021.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The European Parliament resolution of 21 March 2022 on the need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the Union in light of Russian invasion in Ukraine noted that the Union must act to implement measures and use available tools to strengthen their food supply chains.
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) In the communication from the Commission to the European Council of 22 March 2023, it was expressed that the Commission had too little data and could not make a clear impact assessment of the present proposal on food security in individual member states and impacts on individual crops.
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The rules concerning biocidal products are laid down in Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council46 , and an evaluation of that Regulation is planned. It is therefore not appropriate to introduce new rules on the use of biocidal products in this Regulationn order to achieve the goals, it is necessary that the regulation mentioned should be revised, especially with regard to the approval period and test mechanism. __________________ 46 Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This RegulationDirective lays down rules for the sustainable use of plant protection products by providing for the setting, and achievement by 2030, of reduction targets for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, establishing requirements for use, storage, sale and disposal of plant protection products and for plant protection products application equipment, providing for training and awareness raising, and providing for implementation of integrated pest management, and providing for Member State contributions to the European Union reduction targets for the use and risk of plant protection products by 2035.
Amendment 324 #
This Regulation lays down rules for the sustainable use of plant protection products by providing for the setting, anddetermination of measures to achievement by 2030, of40 the reduction targets for theof use and risk of chemical plant protection products, establishing requirements for use, storage, sale and disposal of plant protection products and for application equipment, providing for training and awareness raising, and providing for implementation of integrated pest management.
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This RegulationDirective shall apply to products, in the form in which they are supplied to the user, consisting of or containing active substances, safeners or synergists, and intended for one of the following uses:
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘chemical plant protection product’ means a plant protection product containing a chemical active substance excluding plant products using natural means of biological origin or substances identical to them, such as micro- organisms, semiochemicals, extracts from plant products as defined in Article 3(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, or invertebrate macro-organisms;
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) 'organic farming' means farming practices in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2018/848.
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘application equipment’ means any equipment the use of whichused for the application of a plant protection product is reasonably foreseeable at the time of manufacture andand the accessories that are essential for the effective operation of such equipment, with the exception of equipment designed for the sowing or planting of propagating material treated with plant protection products;
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Biological control agents are aplant protection products are a possible sustainable control alternative to the use of chemical products for the control of harmful organismlant protection products. As noted in Council Decision (EU) 2021/110257 , biological control agenplant protection products have a growing importance in sustainable agriculture and forestry and have an instrumental role to play in the success of integrated pest management and organic farming. Access to biological controlplant protection products facilitates moving away from chemical plant protection products. It is appropriate to encourage farmers to switch to low input agricultural methods including organic farming. It is therefore appropriate to define the concept of biological control as a basis for Member States to set indicative targets to increase the percentage of crops on which biological control agents are used. __________________ 57 Council Decision (EU) 2021/1102 of 28 June 2021 requesting the Commission to submit a study on the Union’s situation and options regarding the introduction, evaluation, production, marketing and use of invertebrate biological control agents within the territory of the Union and a proposal, if appropriate in view of the outcomes of the study (OJ L 238, 6.7.2021, p. 81).
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
(b) application equipment with horizontal or vertical booms or orchard blast sprayers, irrespective of whether it is being used for the application of plant protection products;
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy is to make substantial progress in the reduction of the use of chemical plant protection products in an economically viable way. In order to achieve that aim, it is necessary to set quantified targets at Union and Member State levels for the reduction in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and the use of more hazardous plant protection products to monitor progress. National targets should be established by national law in order to ensure adequate progress and accountability in relation to them. These bindingMember States should contribute to approach the EU target, in line with each Member state’s contribution to the EU average of use of chemical plant protection products. These national targets should also be achieved by Member States by 2030. The reduction in the use of chemical plant protection products is expected to significantly reduce occupational safety and health risks for professional users.
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a
(a) an area used by the general public, such as a public park or garden, recreation or sports grounds, or a public path. Sport grounds and railway networks shall not be considered to be sensitive areas for the purpose of this Regulation;
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 386 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Given the different levels of historical progress and substantial differences in intensity of pesticide use and availability of active substances between Member States, it is necessary to allow Member States some flexibility when setting their own binding national targets (“national 2030 reduction targets”). Intensity of use is best measured by dividing the total quantity of active substances placed on the market, and therefore used, in the form of plant protection products in a particular Member State by the surface area over which the active substances were applied. Intensity in the use of chemical pesticides, and in particular of the more hazardous pesticides, correlates with greater dependency on chemical pesticides, greater risks to human health and the environment and less sustainable farming practices. It is therefore appropriate to allow Member States to take their lower intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 2030 reduction targets. It is also appropriate to require them to take their higher intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 2030 reduction targets. In addition, in order to give recognition to past efforts by Member States, they should also be allowed to take into account historical progress prior to the adoption of the Farm to Fork Strategy when setting national 2030 reduction targets. Conversely, where Member States have increased, or made only limited reductions in, their use and risk of chemical plant protection products, they should now make a greater contribution to the achievement of the Union 2030 reduction targets, while also taking account of their intensity of pesticide use. In addition, Member state’s contribution to the EU average of use of chemical plant protection products should be taken into account when setting national 2030 reduction targets. Where Member States contribute more to the EU average of plant protection products use, they should also make a greater contribution to the achievement of the Union 2030 reduction targets. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets and an adequate level of ambition, minimum limits should be laid down for national 2030 reduction targets. The EU’s outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, are located in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Due to permanent constraints such as their remoteness to the European continent, insularity and high exposure to climate change, it is appropriate to allow Member States to take into account the specific needs of these regions as regards the use of plant protection products and measures tailored to specific climatic conditions and crops. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets, where a Member State reaches the level of its 2030 national reduction target before 2030, it should not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts, but it should closely monitor annual fluctuations in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and in the use of more hazardous plant protection products to ensure progress towards meeting the respective 2030 national reduction target. In the interests of transparency, Member State responses to any Commission recommendations in relation to the level of ambition of national targets and the annual progress made towards them should be publicly accessible.
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Member States should draft and publish national action plans. In order for the Member State national action plans to be effective, they should contain quantitative objectives, references to binding national 2030 reduction targets as , outlining possible ways to reduce the uset out in national law, together with related indicative targets set out in the national action plans, measures, timetables and indicators to reduce risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment. This will allow for a structured approach to the setting of quantitative objectives and targets, with a clear link to the national 2030 reduction targets. In order to monitor comf plant protection products in a sustainable manner. The national action pliance with the provisions of this Regulation, Member States should also be required to report annually on targets and precise quantitative data relating to compliance with provisions on use, training, application equipment and integrated pest managements shall be submitted to the European Commission.
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point i
(i) any protected area under Annex IV of Directive 2000/60/EC, excluding those designated pursuant Annex IV 1 part (iv) and including possible safeguard zones as well as modifications of those areas following the risk assessment results for drinking water abstraction points under Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council81; _________________ 81 Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ L 435, 23.12.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Member States should draft and publish national action plans. In order for the Member State national action plans to be effective, they should contain quantitative objectives, references to binding national 2030 reduction targets as set out in national law, together with related indicative targets set out in the national action plans, measures, timetables and indicators to reduce risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment. This will allow for a structured approach to the setting of quantitative objectives and targets, with a clear link to the national 2030 reduction targets. In order to monitor compliance with the provisions of this Regulation, Member States should also be required to report annually on targets and precise quantitative data relating to compliance with provisions on use, training, application equipment and integrated pest management.
Amendment 418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point ii
(ii) sites of Community importance in the list referred to in Article 4(2) of Directive 92/43/EEC and the special areas of conservation designated in accordance with Article 4(4) of that Directive, and special protection areas classified pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC, and any other national, regional, or local protected area reported by the Member States to the Nationally designated protected areas inventory (CDDA);, where the conservation objectives relate to nature, biodiversity, or habitat protection, with use of the less harmful pesticides.
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The current provision in the Article 34 of the Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council grants an exemption from supplying, in support of the authorisation application, the relevant tests and study reports to applicants who demonstrate that data protection period for a plant protection product has expired. Such provision does not incentivise investments in new technologies that could contribute to reaching the Union 2030 reduction targets. Approval processes for technological innovations in the EU should benefit from the "fast track" procedure in order to provide professional users with the broader range of solutions on the one side and faster reduction of the plant protection product use on the use on the other. Plant protection products with the proven reduction of the dose rates of the active substance should be evaluated as a priority.
Amendment 423 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point iii
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to achieve the Union-wide reduction targets (‘Union 20305 reduction targets’) as well as national 2030 reduction targets, it is necessary to increase the availability and use of biological control and other non-chemical alternatives. Availability of these alternativelow hazardous plant protection products as wiell incentivise the adoption of low pesticide-input pest management practices such as organic farmingas in precision farming and new types of application.
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to achieve the Union-wide reduction targets (‘Union 2030 reduction targets’) as well as national 2030 reduction targets, it is necessary to increase the availability and use of effective and affordable biological control and other non-chemical alternatives. Availability of these effective and affordable alternatives will incentivise the adoption of low pesticide-input pest management practices such as organic and agroecological farming.
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The implementation of policies and measures in the areas of sustainable use of plant protection products has an impact on the environment, public health and working conditions. Member States should therefore ensure that the public and social partners are given sufficient opportunities to participate in and to be consulted on the preparation of Member State national action plans in accordance, where applicable, with Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council58 shall be informed on the national action plans. __________________ 58 Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30).
Amendment 444 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to ensure consistency and complementarity with related legislation, Member State national action plans should take into account Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council59 , Council Directive 92/43/EEC60 , Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council61 , Council Directive 91/676/EEC62 , Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council63 , Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council64 and Regulation xxx/xxx on nature restoration [reference to adopted act to be inserted] and should be consistent with the Common Agricultural Policy (“CAP”) Strategic Plans drawn-up in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council65 . __________________ 59 Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7). 60 Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7). 61 Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1). 62 Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1). 63 Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p. 1). 64 Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 1). 65 Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 453 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Economic instruments, including those unaccess to new financial instruments outsider the CAP that provide support to farmers, can play a crucial role in the achievement of objectives relating to the sustainable use of plant protection products and, in particular, reducing the use of chemical plant protection products. Member States have to show in their national CAP Strategic Plans that their implementation of the CAP contributes to and supports other relevant Union legislation and their objectives, including objectives under this Regulation.
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title
Article 4 – title
Union 20340 reduction targets for chemical plant protection products
Amendment 460 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall contribute, through the adopction and achievement of national targetss set out in accordance with Article 5 to achievpproaching by 2030 a 50 % Union-wide reduction of both the use and risk of chemical plant protection products (‘Union 2030 reduction target 1’) and the use of more hazardous plant protection products (‘Union 2030 reduction target 2’), compared to the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 (collectively referred to as ‘the Union 2030 reduction targets’). When new data on PPP use becomes available via the SAIO, two separate trends, one for conventional and one for organic agriculture shall be published at EU and MS levels. Plant breeding and seed production are exempt from the overall reduction targets, as they contribute to the overall objectives of the Regulation through the marketing of resistant varieties and to assure the supply of healthy commercial seed for farmers and growers compliant with EU Regulation 2016/2031 and specific standards laid down in the EU seed marketing legislation. To facilitate the sustainable use of pesticides in the long-term, the Commission will consider prposing an administratively slim, fast, efficient and effective frameworkfor the authorisation of biological control products to increase their availability and use in Europe.
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) An approach to pest control that follows integrated pest management in ensuring careful consideration of all available means that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while keeping the use of chemical plant protection products to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and minimising risks to human health and the environment is necessary for the protection of human health and the environment. ‘Integrated pest management’ emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems, encourages natural pest control mechanisms and uses chemical control only when all other control means are exhausted. To ensure that integrated pest management is implemented consistently on the ground, it is necessary to lay down clear rules in this Regulation. In order to comply with the obligation to follow integrated pest management, a professional user should consider and implement all methods and practices that avoid the use of plant protection products. Chemical plant protection products should only be used when all other control means have been exhausted. In order to ensure and monitor compliance with this requirement, it is important that professional users keep a record of the reasons why they apply plant protection products or the reasons for any other action taken in line with integrated pest management and of advice received in support of their implementation of integrated pest management from independent advisors. These records are also required for aerial applications as much as possible.
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) An approach to pest controllant protection that follows integrated pest management in ensuring careful consideration of all available means that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while keeping the use of chemical plant protection products to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and minimising risks to human health and the environment is necessary for the protection of human health and the environment. ‘Integrated pest management’ emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems, encourages natural pest control mechanisms and uses chemical control only when all other control means are exhausted. To ensure that integrated pest management is implemented consistently on the ground, it is necessary to lay down clear rules in this Regulation. In order to comply with the obligation to follow integrated pest management, a professional user should consider and implement all methods and practices that avoid the use of plant protection products. Chemical plant protection products should only be used when all other control means have been exhausted. In order to ensure and monitor compliance with this requirement, it is important that professional users keep a record of the reasons why they apply plant protection products or the reasons for any other action taken in line with integrated pest management and of advice received in support of their implementation of integrated pest management from independent advisors or there is a risk of a significant loss of yield or quality. These records are also required for aerial applications.
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall contribute, through the adoption and achievement of national targets in accordance with Article 5 to achieving by 20340 a 50 % Union-wide reduction of both the use and risk of chemical plant protection products (‘Union 20340 reduction target 1’) and the use of more hazardous plant protection products (‘Union 20340 reduction target 2’), compared to the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 (collectively referred to as ‘the Union 20340 reduction targets’).
Amendment 476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) In order not to burden small farms with additional sustainability requirements already set in the National CAP Strategic Plans, integrated pest management shall be mandatory only for professional users, whose size of agricultural holdings is above the average size of the agricultural holding in the Member State. Member States should also be allowed to put additional minimum thresholds for the mandatory application of integrated pest management with setting the minimum thresholds of hectares of arable land and land under permanent crops per crop type.
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) To avoid unnecessary duplication, the Commission should establishmay provide a standard template for Member States to integrate records kept by professional users of actions taken in line with integrated pest management with those kept under Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
Amendment 483 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to facilitate compliance with integrated pest management, it is necessary to lay down crop-specific rules that a professional user must follow in relation to the specific crop and region in which the professional user operates. Such rules should convert the requirements of integrated pest management into verifiable criteria that apply to the specific crop. To ensure that the crop-specific rules are in accordance with the requirements of integrated pest management, detailed rules should be laid down as to what they should contain and the Commission should verify their development, implementation and enforcement on the ground. In this regard, the European Parliament welcomes the publication of a database of examples of practices, techniques and technologies across eight established Integrated Pest Management principles, including 273 crop specific guidelines by the European Commission on 28 February 2023. Taking into account the amount of examples indicated in the database, the Parliament underlines the importance of maintaining flexibility in the implementation of Integrated Pest Management across the various Member States, regions and crops grown in the European Union.
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to facilitate compliance with integrated pest management, it is necessary to lay down crop-specific rulguidelines that a professional user mustay follow in relation to the specific crop and region in which the professional user operates. Such rulguidelines should convert the requirements of integrated pest management into verifiable criteria that apply to the specific crop. To ensure that the crop-specific rules are in accordance with the requirements of integrated pest management, detailed rules should be laid down as to what they should contain and the Commission should verify their development, implementation and enforcement on the grounddetermine the requirements of integrated pest management.
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to verify compliance by professional users with integrated pest management, an electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register should be maintained with the aim of verifying compliance with the rules on integrated pest management set out in this Regulation and supporting the development of Union policy. Access to the register should also be granted to national statistical authorities for the development, production and dissemination of official statistics in accordance with Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council66 . This register should record any preventative measure or intervention and the reasons for that preventative measure or intervention. This will provide the competent authorities with the information necessary to verify whether a professional user has carried out a decision-making process, in accordance with integrated pest management, before determining the specific preventative measure or intervention. The register should also contain details in relation to advice required annually in support of integrated pest management in order to verify that such strategic longer term planning in relation to integrated pest management is taking place. __________________ 66 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Article 5 – title
Member States 20340 reduction targets for chemical plant protection products
Amendment 500 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to ensure that plant protection products and related application equipment are used in a manner that protects human health, the health of a professional user and the environment, it is necessary to provide for general requirements on professional users in relation to the training required to use certain plant protection products or application equipment, the use of more hazardous plant protection products and the need to comply with inspection requirements for application equipment in professional use.
Amendment 500 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By … [OP: please insert the date – 6 months after the date of application of this Regulation] each Member State shall adopt its national targets in its nNational legislatioaction plan to achieve by 20340 a reduction set in accordance with this Article, from the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, of the following:
Amendment 502 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By … [OP: please insert the date – 6 months after the date of application of this Regulation] each Member State shall adopt national targets in its national legislation to achieve by 2030 a reduction set in accordance with this Article, from the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173, of the following:
Amendment 511 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the use and risk of chemical plant protection products as defined in Annex I (‘national 20340 reduction target 1’);
Amendment 515 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Use of plant protection products may have particularly negative impacts in certain areas that are frequently used by the general public or by vulnerable groups, communities in which people live and work and ecologically sensitive areas, such as Natura 2000 sites protected in accordance with Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council67 and Council Directive 92/43/EEC68 . If plant protection products are used in areas used by the general public, the possibility of exposure of humans to such plant protection products is high. In order to protect human health and the environment, the use of plant protection products in sensitive areas and within 3 metres of such areas, should therefore be prohibited. Derogations from the prohibition should only be allowed under certain conditions and on a case-by-case basibe allowed under certain conditions, defined by this Regulation and the Member States. __________________ 67 Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7). 68 Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7).
Amendment 515 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the use of more hazardous plant protection products as defined in Annex I (‘national 20340 reduction target 2’).
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The aquatic environment and drinking water supplies are especially sensitive to plant protection products. In order to protect the aquatic environment, the use of plant protection products in and around surface waters areas should therefore be prohibited. Member States should have in place appropriate measures to avoid deterioration of surface and groundwater as well as coastal and marine waters and allow achievement of good surface and groundwater status, to protect the aquatic environment and drinking water supplies from the impact of plant protection products. In addition, ibe restricted as far as possible and only permitted under clearly defined exceptions. It is important that professional users, during compulsory training, are trained in how to minimise or eliminate applications of certain plant protection products classified as “harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects”, “very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects” or “toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects”. It is also important that professional users arshall be trained during compulsory training on the importance of giving preference to low risk plant protection products or non-chemical alternatives, use of drift reducing technology and risk mitigation measures.
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the two national reduction targets listed in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph, are collectively referred to as the ‘national 20340 reduction targets’.
Amendment 529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Precision farming refers to agricultural management systems carefully tailoring crop managementsuch as cultivation, crop protection or fertilization to fit localised conditions such as those found within land parcels. The application of existing technology, including the use of Union space data and services (Galileo and Copernicus), has the potential to significantly reduce pesticide usage. It is therefore necessary to provide for a legislative framework that incentivises the development of precision farming. Application of plant protection products from an aircraft, including application by planes, and helicopters and drones, is usually less precise than other means of application and may therefore potentially cause adverse impacts on human health and the environment. Aerial manned application should therefore be prohibited, with limited derogations on a case-by-case basis where it has a less negative impact on human health and the environment than any alternative application method or there is no viable alternative application method. It is also necessary to record the numbers of aerial applications carried out on the basis of permits granted for aerial application in order to have clear data on how many aerial applications for which permits were granted actually took place.
Amendment 533 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The progress of each Member State towards achieving the national 20340 reduction targets shall be calculated annually by the Commission in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I.
Amendment 536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) It is however likely that certain unmanned aircraft (including drones) will allow for the targeted aerial application of plant protection products. Such unmanned aircraft are likely to help reduce the use of plant protection products due to targeted application and consequently help reduce the risks to human health and the environment compared to use of land- based application equipment. It is therefore appropriate to set criteria in this Regulation for an exemption of certain unmanned aircraft from the prohibition of aerial application. It is also appropriate to defer the application of this exemption for 3 years given the current state of scientific uncertainty.
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Each Member State shall aim and actively contribute towards reaching the targets referred to in paragraph 1 by 2030. A Member State that reaches the level of one of its 2030 national reduction targets before 2030 shall not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts. It shall monitor annual fluctuations in order to maintain the progress achieved in relation to that 2030 national reduction target.
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Given the importance of advice on the use of plant protection products as a means to support their use in a manner that protects human health and the environment in accordance with integrated pest management, it is important that advisors are adequately and continuously trained.
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Each Member State shall reach the targets referred to in paragraph 1 by 20340. A Member State that reaches the level of one of its 20340 national reduction targets before 20340 shall not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts. It shall monitor annual fluctuations in order to maintain the progress achieved in relation to that 20340 national reduction target.
Amendment 556 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) In order to ensure a planned approach to harmful organism control techniquesplant protection control across a number of growing seasons with a view to minimising the use of chemical plant protection products as much as possible and to ensure a proper implementation of integrated pest management, professional users should be required to regularly consult trained, independent advisors on pest management, so that plant protection products are only used as a last resort.
Amendment 557 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Subject to paragraphs 5 to 8, the national 20340 reduction targets shall be set at such level so as to achieve a reduction between the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 and the year 20340 in the relevant Member State that at least equals 50%.
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Subject to paragraphs 5 to 8, the national 2030 reduction targets shall be set at such level so as to achieve a reduction between the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 and the year 2030 in the relevant Member State that at least equals 50%.
Amendment 564 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
A Member State may reduce its national targetcontribution for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products referred to in paragraph 4 to a percentage that is a mid- point between the figure related to intensity as laid down in the second subparagraph of this paragraph and the figure related to the use and risk as laid down in the third subparagraph of this paragraph. Where that percentage is higher than 50%, the Member State shall increase its national target to that percentage.
Amendment 565 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) In order to minimise the adverse impacts of plant protection products on human health and the environment, it is necessary to provide for systems for regular technical inspection of application equipment in professional use. Given the potentially reduced impact of application equipment in professional use which represents a very low scale of use, it is also appropriate to allow Member States to lay down less stringent inspection requirements and provide for different inspection intervals in relation to such equipment. In addition, due to the relatively low cost of purchasing new handheld application equipment and knapsack sprayers compared to the costs of inspection, it is appropriate to provide for the possibility of national derogations from the mandatory inspection of such equipment, subject to the carrying out of a risk assessment covering the risks to human health and the environment posed by such equipment. That assessment should include an estimation of the scale of use of the equipment. To ensure compliance with the inspection requirements, it is necessary to require that each Member State establish a register of application equipment in professional use and keep that register up to date. As some of the application equipment does not have unique IDs, it is necessary to make provision for the supply of a unique ID to such application equipment to ensure that all equipment is physically identified. The member states are required to ensure through regular checks that the application devices are subject to ongoing testing.
Amendment 575 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) 35at least 10% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is less than 70% of the Union average;
Amendment 576 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) 3520% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is less than 70% of the Union average;
Amendment 578 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In order to monitor progress achieved in the reduction of risks and adverse impacts to human health and the environment from the use of plant protection products it is necessary to continue using the system of harmonised risk indicators established under Directive (EU) 2009/128/EC and ensure that an ongoing evaluation of the system is carried out.
Amendment 579 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
Amendment 585 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) 530% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is between 70% and 140% of the Union average;
Amendment 587 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) at least 350% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is between 70% and 140% ofmore than the Union average;
Amendment 591 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) 6540% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is more than 140% of the Union average.
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Statistical data on plant protection products collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council74 should be used in calculating these harmonised risk indicators and progress towards achieving binding Union and national targets based on the Farm to Fork Strategy. Given that pesticide use fluctuates between years depending, in particular, on the weather, a three year baseline period is appropriate to take account of such fluctuations. The baseline period for the calculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 is 2011– 2013, as this was the first three year period for which data was received by the Commission under Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 and coincides with the entry into force of Directive 2009/128/EC. The baseline period for the calculation of progress towards the Union 2030 reduction targets is 2015–2017, as this was the three most recent years for which data was available at the time of the announcement of the Farm to Fork Strategy. The baseline period for the calculation of a new harmonised risk indicator 2a is 2022–2024, as this will be the first three year period for which data on the areas treated under each authorisation for an emergency situation in plant protection will be available. __________________ 74 Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1).
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) 650% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is more than 140% of the Union average.
Amendment 595 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) For the moment, the only robust statistical data available at Union level relating to the marketing and use of plant protection products are the statistics on the quantities of active substances in plant protection products placed on the market, and the data on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection granted under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Those statistics are used in the calculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 under Directive 2009/128/EC and in calculating progress towards the binding Union 2030 reduction targets and nationalUnion 2030 reduction targets based on the Farm to Fork Strategy. The new harmonised risk indicator 2a will be calculated using statistics on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection, the properties of the active substances in plant protection products subject to these authorisations, and the areas treated under these authorisations to better quantify the risks arising from authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection.
Amendment 602 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point a
(a) where a Member State has achieved a greater reduction in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the average of the years 20158, 20169 and 201720, a figure that is established by subtracting from 50% the difference between the reduction achieved and the Union average reduction;
Amendment 609 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 609 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) where a Member State has increased the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, or has made a smaller reduction than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the average of the years 20158, 20169 and 201720, a figure that is established by adding to 50% the difference between the reduction or, as applicable, increase achieved and the Union average reduction, but without surpassing 70%.
Amendment 618 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 recognises the need for urgent action to protect biodiversity. There is evidence of a widespread reduction of species, in particular insects and pollinators, in the Union. Biodiversity loss is, amongst other factors, driven by the use of plant protection products, while Member States actions under current Union policy instruments have not yet been able to stop this trend of biodiversity loss and globally. It is therefore essential to ensure that plant protection products are used in such a way as to mitigate the risk of harmful effects of such products on wildlife, through a number of measures including training, inspection of application equipment in professional use and protection of the aquatic environment and sensitive areas.
Amendment 623 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) 35at least 10% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is less than 70% of the Union average;
Amendment 624 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
Amendment 625 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In order to enforce the obligations set out in this Regulation, Member States should lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and ensure that those rules are enforced. The penalties should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. It is also important to provide for Member States to recover costs related to carrying out obligations under this Regulation by means of fees or charges in order to ensure that adequate financial resources are available to competent authorities.
Amendment 626 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In order to enforce the obligations set out in this Regulation, Member States shouldmay lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and ensure that those rules are enforced. The penalties should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. It is also important to provide for Member States to recover costs related to carrying out obligations under this Regulation by means of fees or charges in order to ensure that adequate financial resources are available to competent authorities.
Amendment 626 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) 3520% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is less than 70% of the Union average;
Amendment 632 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) 530% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is between 70% and 140% of the Union average;
Amendment 633 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
Amendment 636 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) at least 350% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is between 70% and 140% ofmore than the Union average;
Amendment 637 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
Amendment 638 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 641 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) In order to assess whether this Regulation reaches its objectives effectively and efficiently, is coherent and still relevant and provides added value at Union level the Commission should carry out an evaluation in 2027, with a special focus on the required points of the Council Decision (EU) 2022/2572 of 19 December 2022 by which the Commission has been requested to submit a study complementing the impact assessment of the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of plant protection products, and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘SUR proposal’) of this Regulation.
Amendment 642 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) 6540% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is more than 140% of the Union average.
Amendment 644 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
Amendment 645 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
Amendment 650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – point a
(a) where a Member State has achieved a greater reduction in the use of the more hazardous plant protection products than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the average of the years 20158, 20169 and 201720, a figure that is established by subtracting from 50% the difference between the reduction achieved and the Union average reduction;
Amendment 656 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) The implementation of this Regulation by Member States will result in new and enhanced obligations for farmers and other pesticides users. Some of them constitute statutory management requirements and standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land as listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council78 , which, in accordance with that Regulation, farmers must comply with to receive CAP payments, whereas other requirements, which go beyond the baseline of mandatory requirements, may be rewarded with additional payments under voluntary regimes like eco-schemes pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Article 31(5), points (a) and (b), and Article 70(3), points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 provide that the CAP funding is only available for practices implemented under an eco- scheme or agri-environmental-climate commitment which go beyond the relevant statutory management requirements and the standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land established under that Regulation and the relevant minimum requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national and Union law. Since farmers and other users need to be financially supported in their transition toward a more sustainable use of pesticides, Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 needs to be amended to allow the financing of requirements imposed in accordance with this Regulation during a transitional periodit is necessary to provide access to new financial resources and also ensure that no CAP funding should be used in this context. This exceptional option for Member States to provide additional funding for measures taken in implementing this Regulation should apply to any obligation for farmers and other users resulting from the application of this Regulation, including compulsory farming practices imposed by the crop-specific rules for integrated pest management. Further, pursuant to Article 73(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, investments by farmers to comply with new requirements imposed by Union law may be supported for a maximum of 24 months from the date on which they become mandatory for the holding. Similarly, a longer transition period should be set out for investments complying with requirements imposed on farmers in accordance with this Regulation. Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 should therefore be amended accordingly. __________________ 78 Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013, OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1.
Amendment 662 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) The application of this Regulation should be deferred in order to allow competent authorities and operators to prepare for the requirements introduced by it, and shall enter into force the earliest after 18 months.
Amendment 667 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Amendment 674 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Article 5 – paragraph 8
8. In no case may the application of paragraph 5, paragraph 6 and paragraph 7 result in either of the 2030 national reduction targets being lower than 3510%.
Amendment 685 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10
Article 5 – paragraph 10
Amendment 701 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall review the national 20340 reduction targets communicated to it in accordance with Article 5(9) and the information explaining any lowering of targets made in accordance with Article 5(5) or Article 5(6).
Amendment 708 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission concludes, on the basis of the information made available to it, that the national 20340 reduction targets communicated by a Member State need to be set at a more ambitious level, it shall, by … [OP: please insert the date – 1 year after the date of application of this Regulation], recommend that Member State to increase the level of its national 20340 reduction targets. The Commission shall make that recommendation public.
Amendment 715 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Where a Member State adjusts its national 20340 reduction targets as recommended by the Commission, it shall amend the national targets set in its national legislation in accordance with Article 5 and include the adjusted targets in its national action plan together with the Commission’s recommendation.
Amendment 720 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Where a Member States decides not to adjust its national 20340 reduction targets, as recommended by the Commission, it shall include the justifications for such decision in its national action plan together with the text of the recommendation.
Amendment 726 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. Having assessed the level of national 2030 reduction targets of all Member States set in accordance with Article 5, the Commission shall verify whether their average at least equals 50% so as to achieve the corresponding Union 2030 reduction targetmeeting these objectives will not jeopardise overall food security in the European Union, food sovereignty, the competitiveness and viability of European farmers, biodiversity and the environment and climate. .
Amendment 731 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. Having assessed the level of national 20340 reduction targets of all Member States set in accordance with Article 5, the Commission shall verify whether their average at least equals 50% so as to achieve the corresponding Union 20340 reduction target.
Amendment 736 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Amendment 739 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. If the average of national 20340 reduction targets of all Member States is lower than 50%, the Commission shall recommend that one or more Member States increase the level of their national 20340 reduction targets in order to achieve the Union 20340 reduction targets. The Commission shall make any such recommendation public.
Amendment 749 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 8 – point a
(a) adjust its national 20340 reduction targets as recommended by the Commission, amend the national targets set in its national legislation in accordance with Article 5 and include the adjusted targets in its national action plan together with the Commission recommendation;
Amendment 753 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 8 – point b
(b) provide justifications for not adjusting its national 20340 reduction targets as recommended by the Commission, and include the justifications for such decision in its national action plan together with the Commission recommendation.
Amendment 757 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
Article 7 – title
Publication of Union and national 20340 reduction targets trends by the Commission
Amendment 763 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 August of each calendar year, the Commission shall publish on a website the average trends in progress towards achieving the Union 20340 reduction targets. These trends shall be calculated as the difference between the average of the years 2015-2017 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication. The trends shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I.
Amendment 768 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall update the website referred to in paragraph 1 at least once aevery two years.
Amendment 773 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. By 31 August of each calendar year, the Commission shall publish information for each Member State on trends in progress towards achieving the national 2030 reduction targets. These trends shall be calculated as the difference between the average of the years 20151- 20173 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication. The trends shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I, on the website referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 775 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. By 31 August of each calendar year, the Commission shall publish information for each Member State on trends in progress towards achieving the national 20340 reduction targets. These trends shall be calculated as the difference between the average of the years 2015- 2017 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication. The trends shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I, on the website referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 789 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the national 20340 reduction targets adopted in accordance with Chapter II;
Amendment 798 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) information related to national 20340 reduction targets as set out in Article 9;
Amendment 809 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) a link to the relevant parts of CAP strategic plans, drawn-up in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, which set out plans for an increase in the utilised agricultural area engaged in organic farming and how the plans will contribute to achieving the target set out in the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system84of having 25% of the utilised agricultural area devoted to organic farming by 2030; _________________ 84 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (COM/2020/381 final).;
Amendment 812 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) a link to the relevant parts of CAP strategic plans, drawn-up in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, which set out plans for an increase in the utilised agricultural area engaged in organic farming and how the plans will contribute to achieving the target set out in the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system84of having 25% of the utilised agricultural area devoted to organic farming by 2030, without compromising the viability of the rest of sustainable productive methods existing and applied in the EU territories; _________________ 84 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (COM/2020/381 final).
Amendment 826 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point h
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) planned and adopted measures to support, or ensure through binding requirements laid down in national national guidlines in the National action plawn, innovation and the development and use of non-chemical pest control methods;
Amendment 839 #
(i) other planned and adopted measures to support, or ensure through binding requirements laid down in national lawnational guidelines, the sustainable use of plant protection products in line with integrated pest management principles, including those contained in crop-specific rules as set out in Article 15(1).
Amendment 851 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The updated versions of national action plans published until and including 20340 shall contain the information listed in the first subparagraph, points (a) to (i).
Amendment 858 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
The updated versions of national action plans published after 20340 shall contain the information listed in the first subparagraph, points (c) to (i).
Amendment 872 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. National action plans shall be consistent with the plans of Member States drawn-up in accordance with Directives 91/676/EEC, 92/43/EEC, 2000/60/EC, 2008/50/EC, 2009/147/EC and (EU) 2016/2284 and Regulation xxx/xxx on nature restoration [reference to adopted act to be inserted], be consistent with the CAP Strategic Plans drawn-up in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and shall contain explanations how the national action plan is consistent with those plans.
Amendment 879 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – title
Article 9 – title
Information on national 20340 reduction targets in national action plans
Amendment 884 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. National action plans published until and including 20340 shall include all of the following information related to the national 20340 reduction targets:
Amendment 890 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 895 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a list of pests against which the active substances referred to in point (a) are used on the crops refconcerrned to in point (b);
Amendment 901 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) for each of the pests referred to in point (c), a list of non-chemical methods used or likely to be available and effective by 20340.
Amendment 908 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For each non-chemical method listed in accordance with paragraph 1, point (d), national action plans shall indicate all of the following: list of measures and other actions to be taken by the Member State and by other actors to address the potential obstacles, with a detailed timeline of intermediary steps and the authorities responsible for each of the steps to be taken by the Member State.
Amendment 914 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 920 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 924 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. In relation to at least the 5 crops that most strongly influenced the trend in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, and the trend in the use of the more hazardous plant protection products, as determined by applying the methodology set out in Annex I, during the 3 years preceding the adoption of the national action plan, the national action plan shall indicate all of the following: list of measures and other actions to be taken by the Member State and by other actors to address the potential obstacles, with a timeline and the authorities responsible.
Amendment 926 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 930 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 942 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 August every two years, but not sooner than [OP: please insert the date – 30 months after the date of application of this Regulation], each Member State shall submit to the Commission an annual progress and implementation report containing the information listed in Annex II.
Amendment 945 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The annual progress and implementation report shall include:
Amendment 948 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) all trends in progress towards achieving the national 2030 reduction targets as set out in Part 1 of Annex II, calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I as the difference between the average of the years 20151-20173 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication;
Amendment 949 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) all trends in progress towards achieving the national 20340 reduction targets as set out in Part 1 of Annex II, calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I as the difference between the average of the years 2015-2017 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication;
Amendment 957 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) all trends in progress towards achieving national indicative targets set out in Article 9(2), point (a), Article 9(3), point (a), and Article 9(4) ), calculated annually as the difference between the extent of use in the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan in accordance with Article 9(1) and the calendar year ending 20 months prior to the publication of the relevant annual progress and implementation report;
Amendment 966 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Each Member State shall publish its annual progress and implementation report on a website and inform the Commission thereof.
Amendment 970 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 971 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commission may request a Member State to include further details in its annual progress and implementation report.
Amendment 973 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 975 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall publish annual progress and implementation reports of the Member States on a website.
Amendment 982 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Commission’s analysis of annual progress and implementation reports
Amendment 985 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By … [OP: please insert the date – 2 years after the date of application of this Regulation], and every 2 years thereafter until 20340, the Commission shall publish on a website an analysis of:
Amendment 991 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the trends in progress towards the Union 20340 reduction targets;
Amendment 994 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Member States’ progress towards achieving the national 20340 reduction targets.
Amendment 1004 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1005 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. A Member State that has received a recommendation from the Commission to take additional measures in accordance with paragraph 3 shall provide one of the following pieces of information in its subsequent annual progress and implementation report:
Amendment 1008 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. A Member State that has received a recommendation from the Commission in accordance with paragraph 3, point (b), to increase the level of ambition of a national indicative target set out in Article 9(2), point (a), Article 9(3), point (a),or Article 9(4) shall take one of the following actions:
Amendment 1011 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) provide reasons for not following the Commission’s recommendation in its subsequent annual progress and implementation report.
Amendment 1017 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. Where, on the basis of its analysis of the annual progress and implementation reports, the Commission concludes that the progress achieved is insufficient for the collective achievement of the Union 20340 reduction targets, it shall propose measures and exercise its other powers at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of those targets. Such measures shall take into consideration the level of ambition of contributions to the Union 20340 reduction targets by Member States set out in the national 20340 reduction targets adopted by them.
Amendment 1019 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7
Article 11 – paragraph 7
7. By … [OP: please insert the date – 5 years from the date of application of this Regulation], the Commission shall submit a report on annual progress and implementation reports to the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 1045 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Integrated pest manegement shall be mandatory for professional users, whose size of agricultural holdings is above the average size of the agricultural holding in the Member State.
Amendment 1046 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Member States may reduce the threshold from the paragraph 2a with setting the minimum thresholds of hectares of arable land and land under permanent crops per crop type.
Amendment 1060 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Professional users shall first applyconsider measures that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products for the prevention or suppression of harmful organisms before resorting to application of chemical plant protection products.
Amendment 1061 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Professional users shall first applyavour measures that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products for the prevention or suppression of harmful organisms before resorting to application of chemical plant protection products.
Amendment 1062 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1064 #
A A professional user’s records referred to in Article 14(1) shall demonstrais expected that he or she has considered all of the following optionapplicable options from the list below, before resorting to plant protection products:
Amendment 1072 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
Amendment 1103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Professional users shall use biological controls, physical and other non- chemical methods when available, efficient and affordable. Professional users may only use chemical methods if they are necessary to achieve acceptable levels of harmful organism control after all other non-chemical methods as set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 have been exhausttaken into account and analysed and where any of the following conditions has been satisfied:
Amendment 1106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Professional users shall use biological controls, physical and other non-chemicalalternative methods. Professional users may only use chemical methodplant protection products if they are necessary to achieve acceptable levels of harmful organism control after all other non-chemicalalternative methods as set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 have been exhausted and where any of the following conditions has been satisfied:
Amendment 1112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the results of monitoring of harmful organisms show, based on recorded observation, that chemicalor scientifically documented agronomic local situations show that plant protection measures need to be applied in a timely manner because of the presence of a sufficiently high number of harmful organismharmful organisms which surpasses economic thresholds.
Amendment 1119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) where justified by a decision- support system, or by an advisor who meets the conditions laid down in Article 23 or by filed observation, the professional user decides, by way of a recorded decision, to use chemical plant protection products methods for preventative reasons.
Amendment 1120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) where justified by a decision- support system, including historical records on disease monitoring, or by an advisor who meets the conditions laid down in Article 23, the professional user decides, by way of recorded decision, to use seed treatment among other anticipative methods.
Amendment 1128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Professional users shall keep the use of chemical plant protection products and other forms of intervention to levels that do not exceed the levels that are absolutely necessary to control the harmful organisms and that do not increase the risk for development of resistance in populations of harmful organisms. Where possible, professional users shall use the following measures, if allowed and by national legislations on the registration and placing on the market of plant protection products:
Amendment 1131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point a a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point a a (new)
(aa) Optimal timing of application.
Amendment 1143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9
Article 13 – paragraph 9
Amendment 1148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14
Article 14
Amendment 1188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt agronomic requirements based on integrated pest management controls that must be adherfollowed to when growing or storing a particular crop and are designed to ensure that chemical crop protection is only used after all other non-chemical methods have been exhausted andanalysed or when a threshold for intervention is reached or about to be reached (‘crop-specific rules’). The crop- specific rules shall implement the principles of integrated pest management, set out in Article 13, for the relevant crop and be set out in a binding legal act.
Amendment 1206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. By … [OP: please insert the date = the first day in the month following 24 month5 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] each Member State shall have in place effective and enforceable crop-specific rules, for crops covering an area that accounts for at least 9075 % of its utilised agricultural area (excluding kitchen gardens). Member States shall determine the geographic scope of those rules taking account of relevant agronomic conditions, including, the type of soil and crops and the prevailing climatic conditions.
Amendment 1209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Where the Commission is notified of a draft in accordance with paragraph 4, point (c), it may within 6 months of receipt of the draft object to provide the Member State witsh adopdition by a Member Stateal guidlines, if it considers that the draft does not comply with the criteria set out in paragraph 6. If the Commission objects, the Member State shall refrain from adopting the draft until it has amended the text so as to remedy the shortcomings identified in the Commission’s objections. The absence of a reaction from the Commission in accordance with this paragraph to a draft crop–specific rule shall not prejudice any action or decision which might be taken by the Commission under other Union acts.
Amendment 1239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) the non-chemical interventions involving cultural, physical and biological control which are available, affordable, economically sustainable and effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
Amendment 1242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) the non-chemicalalternative interventions involving cultural, physical and biological control which are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
Amendment 1248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) the low-risk plant protection products or alternatives to chemical plant protection products which are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
Amendment 1254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point d
(d) chemical plant protection products that are not low-risk plant protection products and that are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
Amendment 1260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
(e) the quantitative criteria or conditions under which chemical plant protection products may be used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhausted;
Amendment 1261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
(e) the quantitative criteria or conditions under which chemical plant protection products may be used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhaustedin accordance with the product label;
Amendment 1269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
(f) the measurable criteria or conditions under which more hazardous plant protection products may be used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhausttaken into account and analysed.
Amendment 1273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
(f) the measurable criteria or conditions under which more hazardous plant protection products may be used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhausted.
Amendment 1282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point g
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point g
(g) the obligation to record observations demonstrating that the relevant pest infestation threshold value has been reached.
Amendment 1288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 7
Article 15 – paragraph 7
7. Each Member State shall review its crop-specific rules annualregularly and update them where necessary, including when it is needed to reflect changes in the availability of harmful organism control tools.
Amendment 1290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Amendment 1292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Amendment 1304 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Amendment 1306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Amendment 1323 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16
Article 16
Amendment 1356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Competent authorities referred to in paragraph 1 shall share the data gathered under paragraph 1, points (a) and (c), of this Article with the national competent authorities in charge of the implementation of Directives 2000/60/EC and (EU) 2020/2184 for cross-linking that data, in anonymised form, with environmental, groundwater and water quality monitoring data, to enhance the identification, measuring and reduction of risks from the use of plant protection products. Strict protection of the data and its anonymisation shall be ensured.
Amendment 1367 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) has been issued with a training certificate for following courses for professional users in accordance with Article 25, or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5), and
Amendment 1374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Application equipment in professional use may only be used by professional users that hold a training certificate issued to them for following courses for professional users in accordance with Article 25 or have a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 1378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Amendment 1381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18
Amendment 1385 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 1420 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1423 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1433 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1449 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Amendment 1455 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Amendment 1556 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1575 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Advice on the use of a plant protection product to a professional user may only be given by an advisor for whom a training certificate has been issued for following courses for advisors in accordance with Article 25 or who has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 1588 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. A distributor shall only sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a purchaser or his or her representative when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the purchaser or representative is a professional user and holds a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 1598 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Where a purchaser is a legal person, a distributor may sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a representative of the purchaser of the plant protection product when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the representative is the holder of a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 1600 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5. Each distributor shall ensure that it has sufficient staff that hold a training certificate for following courses for distributors issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5) available at the time of sale to provide adequate responses to purchasers of plant protection products at the moment of sale on their use, related health and environmental risks and the appropriate safety instructions to manage those risks.
Amendment 1631 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority or authorities responsible for the implementation of the system for the training and certification of all training referred to in paragraph 1 and for issuing and renewing training certificates, updating the central electronic register, providing proof of entry in the central electronic register and overseeing that the tasks referred to in paragraph 1 are carried out by the body that provided the training.
Amendment 1636 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. A training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall contain the following information:
Amendment 1651 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point g
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point g
(g) the validity period of the training certificate or entry in the central electronic register.
Amendment 1654 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 shall provide electronica proof of entry in a central electronic register to a professional user, distributor or advisor at the time the entry is made. Such electronic proof shall include a record of the period of validity of the entry in the central electronic register.
Amendment 1659 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. A training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall be valid for 10 years in the case of a distributor or professional user and for 5 years in the case of an advisor.
Amendment 1662 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Article 25 – paragraph 7
7. Subject to paragraph 6, a training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall only be made or renewed if the holder of the certificate or the person whose name has been entered in the central electronic register demonstrates satisfactory completion of an initial and follow up training or extensive training referred to in paragraph 1, point (a) or (c).
Amendment 1668 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 9
Article 25 – paragraph 9
9. A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 or an appointed body referred to in paragraph 1 shall withdraw a training certificate if it was incorrectly issued or renewed or shall correct an entry in the central electronic register if it was incorrectly introduced.
Amendment 1683 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1688 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Each professional user shall consult an independent advisor at least once aevery two year s for the purposes of receiving the strategic advice referred to in paragraph 4.
Amendment 1701 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) precision farming techniques, including use of seed treatments, space data and services;
Amendment 1757 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – title
Article 29 – title
Amendment 1761 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. By … [OP please insert the date = first day of the month following 924 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], an owner of application equipment in professional use shall enter the fact that he or she is the owner of the application equipment in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the Member State in which the owner uses the equipment has exempted that equipment from inspection in accordance with Article 32(3).
Amendment 1765 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. If application equipment in professional use is sold, the seller and the buyer shall enter the fact of the sale, within 30 days after the sale, in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the application equipment in professional use has been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3). A similar obligation to enter a transfer of ownership in the electronic register applies in the case of any other changes of ownership of application equipment in professional use that has not been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3).
Amendment 1768 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. If application equipment in professional use is withdrawn from use and is not intended to be used again, its owner shall, within 30 days after the withdrawal from use, enter the fact that the equipment has been withdrawn from use in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V.
Amendment 1770 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1777 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) use the central electronic register to receive and process third party entries regarding ownership, transfer of ownership, sale, withdrawal from use and return to use of application equipment in professional use, for recording and tracking purposes;
Amendment 1778 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) use the central electronic register to receive and process third party entries regarding ownership, transfer of ownership, sale, withdrawal from use and return to use of application equipment in professional use;
Amendment 1781 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the designated competent authority does not carry out the inspection of application equipment in professional use, it shall designate one or more bodies to carry out such inspections, or develop a certification system with which inspection services must comply.
Amendment 1787 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1790 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1791 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 or a body designated by it shall inspect application equipment in professional use every three years, starting from the date of first purchase. The competent authority shall ensure that there is sufficient staff, equipment and other resources necessary for the inspection of all application equipment due for inspection, within the three year cycle. The competent authority may develop a certification system enabling a fast implementation of inspections by service organisations compliant with the certification.
Amendment 1794 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 or a body designated by it shall inspect application equipment in professional use every three years, starting after 6 months from the date of first purchase. The competent authority shall ensure that there is sufficient staff, equipment and other resources necessary for the inspection of all application equipment due for inspection, within the three year cycle.
Amendment 1801 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 6
Article 31 – paragraph 6
6. The results of each inspection for which application equipment in professional use passes the test shall be recorded by the competent authority referred to in Article 30 in the central electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33.
Amendment 1808 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) recorded by that competent authority in the central electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33.
Amendment 1815 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 11
Article 31 – paragraph 11
Amendment 1823 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Article 32 – paragraph 4
4. Application equipment in professional use that has been exempted from inspection in accordance with paragraph 3 shall not be subject to the requirement to make an entry in the electronic register referred to in Article 29 or the registration requirements referred to in Article 33.
Amendment 1826 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 1831 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) the nozzle type(s) present on the application equipment at the time of inspection, as well as the type of drift reduction equipment;
Amendment 1835 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – title
Article 34 – title
Methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two national and two Union 20340 reduction targets
Amendment 1840 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 2030 reduction targets and the two national 2030 reduction targetcontributions until and including 2030 is laid down in Annex I. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
Amendment 1844 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 20340 reduction targets and the two national 20340 reduction targets until and including 2030 is laid down in Annex I. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
Amendment 1847 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Using the methodology set out in Annex I, the Commission shall calculate the results of progress towards achieving the two Union and two national 2030 reduction targetcontributions annually until and including 2030 and publish those results on the website referred to in Article 7.
Amendment 1849 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Using the methodology set out in Annex I, the Commission shall calculate the results of progress towards achieving the two Union and two national 20340 reduction targets annually until and including 20340 and publish those results on the website referred to in Article 7.
Amendment 1853 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1855 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Article 35 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 amending this Article and Annex VI in order to take into account technical progress, including progress in the availability of statistical data, and scientific and agronomic developments. Such delegated acts may modify the existing harmonised risk indicators or provide for new harmonised risk indicators, which may take into account Member States’ progress towards achieving the target of having 25% of their utilised agricultural area devoted to organic farming by 2030 as referred to in Article 8(1), point (d).
Amendment 1861 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall evaluate the results of each calculation of (a) progress towards achieving each of the two national 20340 reduction targets as referred to in Article 34 and (b) harmonised risk indicators at Member State level, as referred to in Article 35, each time the calculations are performed.
Amendment 1864 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1866 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Member States may recover the costs related to carrying out their obligations under this Regulation by means of fees or charges. No additional levy or tax shall be imposed on plant protection products.
Amendment 1897 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – subheading 1
Annex I – subheading 1
METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE TWO UNION AND TWO NATIONAL 20340 REDUCTION TARGETS
Amendment 1902 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex I – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation is the instrument used to achieve the pesticide reduction targets contained in the Farm to Fork Strategy by requiring each Member State to contribute to achieving by 20340 a 50 % Union-wide reduction of both the use and risk of chemical plant protection products (‘Union 20340 reduction target 1’) and the use of more hazardous plant protection products (‘Union 20340 reduction target 2’). This Regulation also regulates the contribution of each Member State to these Union targets. Each Member State contribution, set in the form of a national target, to Union 20340 reduction target 1 is referred to as a ‘national 20340 reduction target 1’, while a Member State contribution to Union 20340 reduction target 2 is referred to as a ‘national 20340 reduction target 2’. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving these targets is set out below:
Amendment 1905 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – subheading 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – subheading 1
National 20340 reduction target 1: methodology for estimating progress towards the reduction in use and risk of chemical plant protection products
Amendment 1912 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 3 – paragraph 3
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 3 – paragraph 3
Categorisation of active substances and hazard weightings for the purpose of calculating progress towards national 20340 reduction target 1
Amendment 1921 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – subheading 1 – point 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – subheading 1 – point 1
1. The methodology for calculating trends towards the two Union 20340 reduction targets shall be the same as the methodology for calculating trends at national level as set out in Sections 1 and 2.
Amendment 1926 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 1 – point 1
Annex II – Part 1 – point 1
1. the trends in a Member State’s progress towards achieving the two national 20340 reduction targets referred to in Article 10(2), point (a);
Amendment 1929 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 2 – point 10
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 2 – point 10
10. the percentage of professional users, advisors and distributors trained in the subjects listed in Annex III and holding a training certificate in accordance with Article 25 or who has a proof of entry in a central electronic register in accordance with Article 25(5), broken down by professional users, advisors and distributors;
Amendment 1932 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 4 – point 15
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 4 – point 15
15. the percentage of utilised agricultural area in each Member State that is covered by crop-specific rules that have been made legally binding under national legislatioguidelines in its National action plan.
Amendment 2147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 12a, a competent authority designated by a Member State may permit a professional user to use a plant protection product in a sensitive area for a limited period with a precisely defined start and end date that is the shortest possible but does not exceed 60 days, provided that all of the following conditions are met:
Amendment 2159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Amendment 2181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Amendment 2187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Amendment 2195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The measures referred to in Article 18 remain Union and national law as well as the restrictions of the competent authorities in the field of control and containment of quarantine pests, pests referred to in Articles 29 and 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, vectors of the above pests and invasive species unaffected.
Amendment 2203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Amendment 2204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The use of all plant protection products is prohibited on all surface waters and within 3 metres of such waters. This 3 metre buffer zone shall not be reduced by using alternative risk-mitigation techniques; Along water bodies which, according to the national water management plan, have a "moderate", "unsatisfactory" or "poor" ecological status as a result of substance pollution in accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC), the use of all plant protection products is prohibited on a width of at least 10 m to standing water bodies and at least 5 m to flowing water bodies.
Amendment 2214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Plant protection products may not be applied to bodies of water, with the exception of small bodies of water of minor importance for water management purposes, within 10 metres of the water body concerned, measured from the upper edge of the bank or, if there is no upper edge, from the mean water level line. By way of derogation from the first sentence, the minimum distance to be maintained shall be five metres if there is closed year- round vegetation cover. Tillage for vegetation renewal may be carried out once within five-year periods. The first five-year period shall start at XXX (to be inserted). If, when a given plant protection product is authorised, application-related provisions are laid down as regards greater distances or the plant protection equipment to be used, this shall be without prejudice to the obligation to comply with these provisions. The first to the fourth sentences shall not apply where a Member State has adopted or adopts provisions laying down different distances from bodies of water.
Amendment 2216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The competent authority may authorise derogations from the first and second sentences of paragraph 1 in order to prevent significant agricultural, forestry-related or other economic harm or to protect native fauna and flora, in particular against invasive species.
Amendment 2236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) the aerial application has a less negative impact on human health and the environment than any alternative application method either because the aerial application equipment can be deployed on the relevant terrain in a faster timescale than land-based equipment and avoids a situation where the number of plant pestathogens increases due to the longer time period required for land-based deployment or because it minimizes soil erosiondamages to the soil structure when adverse weather conditions make the land unsuitable for land vehicles, and all of the following conditions are met:
Amendment 2240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
(ii) the aircraft is equipped with accessories that constitute the best available technology to accurately applyies the plant protection products and to reduces spray drift;
Amendment 2242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
Amendment 2251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 2253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) the name of the plant protection product or products or the active ingredient;
Amendment 2255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point e
Amendment 2256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Where certain categories of unmanned aircraft fulfil the criteria set out in paragraph 2, a Member State may exempt aAerial application by such unmanned aircraft from the prohibition laid down in Article 20(1) prior to any aerialwill not be prohibited for targeted application of plant protection products.
Amendment 2268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Where certain categories of unmanned aircraft fulfil the criteria set out in paragraph 2, a Member State may exempt aerial application by such unmanned aircraftircrafts pursuant to Article 2 shall be exempted from the prohibition laid down in Article 20(1) prior to any aerial application of plant protection products.
Amendment 2270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. An aerial application by an unmanned aircraft may be exempted by the Member State from the prohibition laid down in Article 20(1) where factors related to the use of the unmanned aircraft demonstrate that the risks from its use are lower than the risks arising from other aerial equipment and land-based application equipment. These factors shall include criteria relating toMember states may create a register listing makes of unmanned aerial vehicles available for the application of plant protection products up to 6 months after the entry into force of this regulation. Member States can use the following criteria for the register:
Amendment 2277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the weather conditions, including wind speed in which the unmanned aerial vehicle can be operated;
Amendment 2278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the area and crop to be sprayed, including its topography in which the unmanned aerial vehicle can be operated;
Amendment 2279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 2282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) potential use of unmanned aircraft in conjunction with real time kinematic precision farming in certain cases;
Amendment 2283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point f
Amendment 2286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point g
Amendment 2287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States have the possibility to set criteria for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, for example: (1) to set the level of training required for pilots operating an unmanned aircraft;
Amendment 2291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 supplementing this Regulation to specify precise criteria in relation to the factors set out in paragraph 2 once technical progress and scientific developments allow for the development of such precise criteriatechnical qualifications, use or training.
Amendment 2292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 supplementing this Regulationcan supplement this Regulation and inform the Member States to specify precise criteria in relation to the factors set out in paragraph 2 once technical progress and scientific developments allow for the development of such precise criteria.
Amendment 2295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. By … [OP: please insert the date of application of this Regulation], Member States shall have in place effective measures and establish the necessary structures to facilitate in a manner that does not endanger human health or the environment, the safe disposal of any unused plant protection products, any dilute solupreparations containing plant protection products and any packaging of plant protection.
Amendment 2298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) disposal of obsolete plant protection products and remnantsor remnants that are no longer authorized or in use and their packaging.
Amendment 2300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Manufacturers, distributors and professional users shall ensure that plant protection products are stored in specific storage facilities for plant protection products that are constructed in such a way as to prevent unwanted releases and are marked as storage facilities for plant protection products.
Amendment 2305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Manufacturers, distributors and professional users shall ensure that location, size, ventilation and construction materials of the storage facility are suitable to prevent unwanted releases and to protect human health and the environment.
Amendment 2312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Advice on the use of a plant protection product to a professional user may only be given by an advisor for whom a training certificate has been issued for following courses for advisors in accordance with Article 25 or who has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 2313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Advice on the use of a plant protection product to a professional user may only be given by an advisor for whom a training certificate has been issued for following courses for advisors in accordance with Article 25 or who has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 2325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. A distributor shall only sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a purchaser or his or her representative when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the purchaser or representative is a professional user and holds a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 2328 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. A distributor shall only sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a purchaser or his or her representative when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the purchaser or representative is a professional user and holds a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 2333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Where a purchaser is a legal person, a distributor may sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a representative of the purchaser of the plant protection product when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the representative is the holder of a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a centraln electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 2334 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Where a purchaser is a legal person, a distributor may sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a representative of the purchaser of the plant protection product when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the representative is the holder of a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 2336 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. A distributor shall direct a purchaser of a plant protection product to read its label prior to use and to use the product in accordance with the instructions on the label and shall inform the purchaser of the website referred to in Article 27.
Amendment 2346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5. Each distributor shall ensure that it has sufficient staff that hold a training certificate for following courses for distributors issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5) available at the time of sale to provide adequate responses to purchasers of plant protection products at the moment of sale on their use, related health and environmental risks and the appropriate safety instructions to manage those risks if questioned.
Amendment 2347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5. Each distributor shall ensure that it has sufficient staff that hold a training certificate for following courses for distributors issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5) available at the time of sale to provide adequate responses to purchasers of plant protection products at the moment of sale on their use, related health and environmental risks and the appropriate safety instructions to manage those risks.
Amendment 2349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Amendment 2354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)
Amendment 2363 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) initial and follow up tTraining to professional users and distributors on the subjects listed in Annex III;
Amendment 2365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 2369 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) extensive tTraining for advisors on the subjects listed in Annex III with particular emphasis on the application of integrated pest management.
Amendment 2376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority or authorities responsible for the implementation of the system for the training and certification of all training referred to in paragraph 1 and for issuing and renewing training certificates, updating the central electronic register, providing proof of entry in the central electronic registerproviding proof and overseeing that the tasks referred to in paragraph 1 are carried out by the body that provided the training.
Amendment 2378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority or authorities responsible for the implementation of the system for the training and certification of all training referred to in paragraph 1 and for issuing and renewing training certificates, updating the central electronic register, providing proof of entry in the central electronic register and overseeing that the tasks referred to in paragraph 1 are carried out by the body that provided the training.
Amendment 2381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. A training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall contain the following information:
Amendment 2382 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. A training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall contain the following information:
Amendment 2385 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 2395 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point g
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point g
(g) the validity period of the training certificate or entry in the central electronica register.
Amendment 2396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point g
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point g
(g) the validity period of the training certificate or entry in the central electronic register.
Amendment 2400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 shall provide electronica proof of entry in a central electronic register to a professional user, distributor or advisor at the time the entry is made. Such electronic proof shall include a record of the period of validity of the entry in the central electronic register.
Amendment 2401 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 shall provide electronic proof of entry in a central electronic register to a professional user, distributor or advisor at the time the entry is made. Such electronic proof shall include a record of the period of validity of the entry in the central electronic register.
Amendment 2404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. A training certificate or an entry in a centraln electronic register shall be valid for 106 years in the case of an independent distributor or professional user and for 5 years in the case of an advisor. Trainings may at last partially also be delivered in a virtual format, where appropriate and feasible.
Amendment 2408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. A training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall be valid for 10 years in the case of a distributor or professional user and for 5 years in the case of an advisor.
Amendment 2410 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Article 25 – paragraph 7
7. Subject to paragraph 6, a training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall only be made or renewed if the holder of the certificate or the person whose name has been entered in the central electronic register demonstrates satisfactory completion of an initial and follow up training or extensive training referred to in paragraph 1, point (a) or (c).
Amendment 2411 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Article 25 – paragraph 7
7. Subject to paragraph 6, a training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall only be made or renewed if the holder of the certificate or the person whose name has been entered in the central electronic register demonstrates satisfactory completion of an initial and follow up training or extensive training referred to in paragraph 1, point (a) or (c).
Amendment 2414 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 9
Article 25 – paragraph 9
9. A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 or an appointed body referred to in paragraph 1 shall withdraw a training certificate if it was incorrectly issued or renewed or shall correct an entry in the central electronica register if it was incorrectly introduced.
Amendment 2415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 9
Article 25 – paragraph 9
9. A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 or an appointed body referred to in paragraph 1 shall withdraw a training certificate if it was incorrectly issued or renewed or shall correct an entry in the central electronic register if it was incorrectly introduced.
Amendment 2417 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 10
Article 25 – paragraph 10
Amendment 2425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. EWithin 6 months after entering into force, each Member State shall designate a competent authority to establish, oversee and monitor the operation of a system of independent advisors for professional users. That system may make use of the impartial farm advisors referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 2021/2115, who must be regularly trained and can be funded under Article 78 of the same regulation.
Amendment 2429 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure that any advisor registerindependent advisor must be able to demonstrate, if requested inby the system referred to in that paragraph (‘competent authority in accordance with paragraph 1, that the independent advisor’) is free from any conflict of interest and, in particular, is not in a situation which, directly or indirectly, could affect their ability to carry out their professional duties in an impartial manner.
Amendment 2438 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Each professional user shall consult an independent advisor at least once aevery 6 years for the purposes of receiving the strategic advice referred to in paragraph 4.
Amendment 2451 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) where chemical plant protection products are necessary, mMeasures to effectively minimise risks to human health and the environment, in particular to biodiversity, including pollinators, from such use, including risk mitigation measures and techniques.
Amendment 2458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to provide information to the public, in particular through awareness-raising programmes, on the occurrence of harmful organisms and the associated risks for food quality and in relation to the risks associated with the use of plant protection products.
Amendment 2463 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall establish a website or websites dedicated to providing information on the appearance of harmful organisms and on risks associated with the use of plant protection products. That information may be provided directly or by providing links to relevant websites of other national or international bodies.
Amendment 2468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the potentialrisk assessments that plant protection products must undergo before authorization and in the event of an extension or re-authorisation, and the scientific arguments for the safe use of plant protection products and the risks to human health and the environment throug, with acute or chronic effects relatingwhich may be due to the use of plant protection products;
Amendment 2475 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) The occurrence and spread of the most important pests and their impact on plants and crops.
Amendment 2489 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point e
Amendment 2494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point g
Amendment 2497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – title
Article 28 – title
Information on acute and chronic poisoning and occupational diseases
Amendment 2500 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to maintain or put in place systems for gathering and keepingThe European Commission is developing, maintaining and setting up a system within the framework of the European Occupational Diseases Statistics (EODS) to collect the following information on acute and chronic cases of poisoning incidents arising fromand occupational diseases as a result of exposure of persons to plant protection products: within 2 years of the entry into force of this regulation includes the following points:
Amendment 2512 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) Medical certificate on the case of poisoning
Amendment 2513 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By 31 AugustDecember every year, each Member State shall submit to the Commission shall publish a report containing the following information:
Amendment 2516 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 2518 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish the format for the submission of the information and data referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 41(2)is obligated to guarantee that sensitive data is collected with due regard to data protection and only entered into the system with explicit consent from the data subject.
Amendment 2519 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Member States may refer to the system for recording acute and chronic poisoning and occupational diseases on a publicly accessible website.
Amendment 2523 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
Article 29
Amendment 2524 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – title
Article 29 – title
Amendment 2525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – title
Article 29 – title
Amendment 2530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. By … [OP please insert the date = first day of the month following 9 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], an owner of application equipment in professional use shall enter the fact that he or she is the owner of the application equipment in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the Member State in which the owner uses the equipment has exempted that equipment from inspection in accordance with Article 32(3).
Amendment 2531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. By … [OP please insert the date = first day of the month following 9 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], an owner of application equipment in professional use shall enter the fact that he or she is the owner of the application equipment in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the Member State in which the owner uses the equipment has exempted that equipment from inspection in accordance with Article 32(3).
Amendment 2533 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. If application equipment in professional use is sold, the seller and the buyer shall enter the fact of the sale, within 360 days after the sale, in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the application equipment in professional use has been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3). A similar obligation to enter a transfer of ownership in the electronic register applies in the case of any other changes of ownership of application equipment in professional use that has not been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3). An exception to the recording of application devices in the register within 60 days applies in the context of a family farm takeover and must be made no later than the next due inspection for plant protection devices.
Amendment 2536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. If application equipment in professional use is sold, the seller and the buyer shall enter the fact of the sale, within 30 days after the sale, in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the application equipment in professional use has been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3). A similar obligation to enter a transfer of ownership in the electronic register applies in the case of any other changes of ownership of application equipment in professional use that has not been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3).
Amendment 2538 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2539 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. If application equipment in professional use is withdrawn from use and is not intended to be used again, its owner shall, within 30 days after the withdrawal from use, enter the fact that the equipment has been withdrawn from use in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V.
Amendment 2540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2541 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2542 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 40 amending Annex V in order to take into account technical progress and scientific developments.
Amendment 2544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) establish and maintain a central electronic register to record information on all application equipment in professional use in the Member State;
Amendment 2545 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) establish and maintain a central electronic register to record information on all application equipment in professional use in the Member State;
Amendment 2549 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) use the central electronic register to receive and process third party entries regarding ownership, transfer of ownership, sale, withdrawal from use and return to use of application equipment in professional use;
Amendment 2550 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) use the central electronic register to receive and process third party entries regarding ownership, transfer of ownership, sale, withdrawal from use and return to use of application equipment in professional use;
Amendment 2563 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall carry out official controls to verify compliance by operators with the provisions of this Regulation relating to application equipment. Member States shall take appropriate follow-up measures to remedy any specific or systemic shortcomings identified through controls performed by the Commission experts in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4. They shall give the necessary assistance to ensure that the Commission experts have access to all premises or parts of premises, and goods, and to information, including computer systems, relevant for the execution of their duties.
Amendment 2569 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2570 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2573 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2574 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2583 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 6
Article 31 – paragraph 6
Amendment 2585 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 6
Article 31 – paragraph 6
6. The results of each inspection for which application equipment in professional use passes the test shall be recorded by the competent authority referred to in Article 30 in the central electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33.
Amendment 2589 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) recorded by that competent authority in the central electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33.
Amendment 2590 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) recorded by that competent authority in the central electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33.
Amendment 2595 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 10
Article 31 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 40 amending this Article and Annex IV in order to take into account technical progress and scientific developments.
Amendment 2601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) spraying equipment mounted on trains or aircraft according to Article 20;
Amendment 2603 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. Before laying down less stringent inspection requirements and different inspection intervals as referred to in paragraph 1, a Member State shall carry out a risk assessment on their potential impacts on human health and the environment. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 shall maintain a copy of the risk assessment for control by the Commission.
Amendment 2605 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Hand-held application devices or knapsack sprayers with a volume of up to 100 litres are generally excluded from Chapter VIII (application equipment).
Amendment 2606 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2609 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Article 32 – paragraph 4
4. Application equipment in professional use that has been exempted from inspection in accordance with paragraph 3 shall not be subject to the requirement to make an entry in the electronic register referred to in Article 29 or the registration requirements referred to in Article 33.
Amendment 2614 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 2615 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 2616 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – title
Article 33 – title
Amendment 2618 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each competent authority designated by a Member State pursuant to Article 30 shall establish and maintain a central electronic register to record:
Amendment 2619 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each competent authority designated by a Member State pursuant to Article 30 shall establish and maintain a central electronic register to record:
Amendment 2620 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) records of inspections and certificates as set out in Article 31(6) and (7)(b);
Amendment 2624 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) where there has been a transfer of ownership, the date of each transfer and the name and address of previous owners within the last five yearsthe transfer;
Amendment 2625 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the tank sizeVolume of the tank in litres for containers for application of plant protection products in liquid form;
Amendment 2626 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) the work width of the horizontal spray boom, if applicable;
Amendment 2629 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) in the case of boom sprayers, whether section and/or nozzle control through geospatial localisation technology is present or absent on the application equipment;
Amendment 2631 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) for equipment older than three years, the date of eachthe last inspection carried out in accordance with Article 31;
Amendment 2632 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point k
Amendment 2637 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – title
Article 34 – title
Methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two national and two Union wide 20305 reduction targets
Amendment 2641 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 2030 reduction targets and the two nationalwide 20305 reduction targets until and including 2030 is laid down in Annex I. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
Amendment 2650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Using the methodology set out in Annex I, the Commission shall calculate the results of progress towards achieving the two Union and two national 2030 reduction targets annuallywide until and including 20305 and publish those results on the website referred to in Article 7.
Amendment 2657 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress in relation to harmonised risk indicators 1, 2 and 2a, at both Union and Member StateUnion level, is laid down in Annex VI. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
Amendment 2658 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3
Article 35 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2660 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 5
Article 35 – paragraph 5
5. By… [OP please insert the date = first day of the month following 12 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall complete an evaluation of harmonised risk indicators 1, 2 and 2a. This evaluation shall be based on scientific research from the Joint Research Centre and extensive consultation of stakeholders, including Member States, scientific experts and civil society organisations. The evaluation shall include the methodologies tomay be used in formulating new and modifying existing harmonised risk indicators in accordance with paragraph 4.
Amendment 2675 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36
Article 36
Amendment 2680 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall evaluate the results of each calculation of (a) progress towards achieving each of the two nationalUnion wide 20305 reduction targets as referred to in Article 34 and (b) harmonised risk indicators at Member State level, as referred to in Article 35, each time the calculations are performed.
Amendment 2694 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Member States shallmay lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take the measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall without delay notify the Commission of those rules and of those measures and shall notify it, without delay, of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
Amendment 2695 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39
Article 39
Amendment 2696 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Amendment 2746 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – subheading 1
Annex I – subheading 1
METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE TWO UNION AND TWO NATIONAL 20305 REDUCTION TARGETS
Amendment 2747 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
Amendment 2757 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 2794 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 4
4. The baseline for reduction target 1 shall be set at 100, and is equal to the average result of the above calculation for the period 20151-20178.
Amendment 2799 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 6
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 6
6. The Commission shall calculate the progress towards achieving reduction target 1 in accordance with Article 34(2) of this Regulation for each calendar year and at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which progress towards the reduction target 1 is being calculated.
Amendment 2806 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 3
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 3
3. The baseline for reduction target 2 shall be set at 100, and is equal to the average result of the above calculation for the period 20151-20178.
Amendment 2810 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 5
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 5
5. The Commission shall calculate progress towards achieving reduction target 2 in accordance with Article 34(2) of this Regulation for each calendar year and at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which progress towards reduction target 2 is being calculated.
Amendment 2817 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – subheading 1
Annex II – subheading 1
DATA TO BE PROVIDED IN ANNUAL PROGRESS AND IMPLEMENTATION REPORTS BY 31 AUGUSTDECEMBER OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR
Amendment 2824 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Amendment 2827 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. the percentage of professional users failing to comply with the obligation to keep electronic records on integrated pest management implementation;
Amendment 2828 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Amendment 2832 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Amendment 2833 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Amendment 2836 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Amendment 2838 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 2 – point 10
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 2 – point 10
10. the percentage of professional users, advisors and distributors trained in the subjects listed in Annex III and holding a training certificate in accordance with Article 25 or who has a proof of entry in a central electronic register in accordance with Article 25(5), broken down by professional users, advisors and distributors;
Amendment 2839 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 2 – point 11
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 2 – point 11
Amendment 2841 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 3 – point 12
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 3 – point 12
Amendment 2842 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 3 – point 13
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 3 – point 13
13. the percentagenumber of registered application equipment in professional use and due for inspection that has been inspected;
Amendment 2843 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 3 – point 14
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 3 – point 14
Amendment 2844 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 4
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2847 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 4 – point 15
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 4 – point 15
15. the percentage of utilised agricultural area in each Member State that is covered by crop-specific rules that have been made legally binding under national legislatioguidelines in its National action plan.
Amendment 2853 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III
Annex III
Amendment 2887 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III a (new)
Annex III a (new)
Amendment 2888 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV
Annex IV
Amendment 2894 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV a (new)
Annex IV a (new)
Amendment 2918 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 2 – point 6
Annex VI – Section 2 – point 6
6. The Commission shall calculate and publish the results of harmonised risk indicator 1 at Union level in accordance with Article 35(2) of this Regulation for each calendar year and at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which harmonised risk indicator 1 is being calculated.
Amendment 2920 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 2 – point 7
Annex VI – Section 2 – point 7
7. The Member States shall calculate and publish the results of harmonised risk indicator 1 at national level in accordance with Article 35(3) of this Regulation for each calendar year and at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which harmonised risk indicator 1 is being calculated.
Amendment 2938 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 3 – point 6
Annex VI – Section 3 – point 6
6. The Commission shall calculate and publish the results of harmonised risk indicator 2 at Union level in accordance with Article 35(2) of this Regulation for each calendar year and at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which harmonised risk indicator 2 is being calculated.
Amendment 2940 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 3 – point 7
Annex VI – Section 3 – point 7
7. The Member States shall calculate and publish the results of harmonised risk indicator 2 at national level in accordance with Article 35(3) of this Regulation for each calendar year and at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which harmonised risk indicator 2 is being calculated.
Amendment 2943 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 3 – point 8
Annex VI – Section 3 – point 8
8. With effect from 1 January 2027, the methodology of harmonised risk indicator 2 shall be eventually replaced by the methodology of harmonised risk indicator 2a referred to in section 4 of this Annex.
Amendment 2958 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 4 – point 6
Annex VI – Section 4 – point 6
6. The Commission shall calculate and publish the results of harmonised risk indicator 2a at Union level in accordance with Article 35(2) of this Regulation. This shall be done for the first time in 2027 using data from calendar years 2022 to 2025, and subsequently for each calendar year, at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which harmonised risk indicator 2a is being calculated.
Amendment 2959 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 4 – point 7
Annex VI – Section 4 – point 7
7. The Member States shall calculate and publish the results of harmonised risk indicator 2a at national level in accordance with Article 35(3) of this Regulation. This shall be done for the first time in 2027 using data from calendar years 2022 to 2025, and subsequently for each calendar year, at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which harmonised risk indicator 2a is being calculated.